About
David Michael Graham (born July 11, 1925) was an English actor. He voiced the Daleks in Doctor Who, Gordon Tracy, Brains, Aloysius Parker and Kyrano in Thunderbirds, and Grandpa Pig in Peppa Pig. Born in London on 11 July 1925. His sister had married a G.I. and had moved to the United States, and his uncle had run away there, so he became an actor after leaving his Orthodox Jewish household. He trained in New York City at the Neighbourhood Playhouse School of the Theatre with Sanford Meisner, following service in the Royal Air Force as a radar mechanic. Graham's first breakout role before returning to England was Givola in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, alongside Leonard Rossiter. While playing characters in the TV series Private Investigator in 1958, Graham met writer and producer Gerry Anderson, who was planning his first puppet productions. Graham mentioned to him that he could...
Known for
Coronation StreetSeries • 1960
Doctor WhoSeries • 1963
Peppa PigSeries • 2004
Play for TodaySeries • 1970
The AvengersSeries • 1961
The SaintSeries • 1962
BBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965
Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries • 1965
Sunday Night TheatreSeries • 1950
Danger ManSeries • 1960
Howards' WaySeries • 1985
Space PrecinctSeries • 1994
ScreenPlaySeries • 1986
ThunderbirdsSeries • 1965
Thunderbirds Are Go!Series • 2015
Ben & Holly's Little KingdomSeries • 2009
JusticeSeries • 1971
Softly Softly: Task ForceSeries • 1969
Till Death Us Do PartSeries • 1966
StingraySeries • 1964
SuspenseSeries • 1962
SupergirlMovie • 1984
Dr. Who and the DaleksMovie • 1965
King DavidMovie • 1985